Zurich: Surviving his second successive match lasting more than 100 minutes, Alister Walker dethroned defending champion Daryl Selby to win the Grasshopper Cup in a five-game final of the PSA World Tour International 35 squash event at the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Twice Walker, the world No13 from Botswana, led the match – and twice English title-holder Selby, ranked just a single place lower, battled back to draw level in front of a packed crowd at the club.<\/p>\n
Digging deep, and rediscovering the form which saw him oust top seed Borja Golan in a two-hour long semi-final, Walker raised his game again – taking the first five points of the decider before Selby made his mark.\n<\/p>\n
Eager to extend his unbeaten record on the Zurich court, Selby was hoping to maintain his momentum in the fifth.<\/p>\n
But it was New York-based Walker who took the early advantage in the decider – taking the first five points without reply.<\/p>\n
“Ali did play really well in the fifth – he went for shots and it paid off,” said an event spokesman.<\/p>\n
After 102 minutes of intense squash, it was Walker (pictured, right, with Selby) who emerged as the Grasshopper Cup champion, winning 11-4, 5-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-2 to claim the eighth PSA Tour title of his career.<\/p>\n
“Congrats @alisterWALKER,” tweeted Selby later. “Played a great match today and deserves this title. Gave everything I had but came up just short.”<\/p>\n
Walker responded to his Twitter followers: “Great tournament, comeback from 8-0 in the quarter and dominant display in the semi. Things went my way today!”<\/p>\n
Final:<\/strong> Zurich: Surviving his second successive match lasting more than 100 minutes, Alister Walker dethroned defending champion Daryl Selby to win the Grasshopper Cup in a five-game final of the PSA World Tour International 35 squash event at the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n Twice Walker, the world No13 from Botswana, led the match – and twice English title-holder Selby, ranked just a single place lower, battled back to draw level in front of a packed crowd at the club.<\/p>\n Digging deep, and rediscovering the form which saw him oust top seed Borja Golan in a two-hour long semi-final, Walker raised his game again – taking the first five points of the decider before Selby made his mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
RESULTS: PSA International 35 Grasshopper Cup, Zurich, Switzerland
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[4] Alister Walker (BOT) bt Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-4, 5-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-2 (102m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"